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• 49% of Australian employers say job candidates are more demanding when it comes to salary this year compared to last year
• 79% of employees say it has become more challenging to negotiate a pay rise this year compared to last year, while 92% of workers plan to ask for a pay rise this year
• Workers want a pay rise to recognise they have consistently exceeded performance goals (38%), have taken on new projects and workload (37%) and to keep pace with the cost of living (31%)
• If an increase is not granted this year, 40% of employees will be patient and maintain a good work ethic but 38% of workers will look for a new job

GUEST OPINION by Robert Half: Sustained inflation and increasing responsibilities are driving growing demands for higher salaries this year but tech employees are finding it challenging to negotiate an increase in pay, the newly released Robert Half 2025 Salary Guide reveals.

Tech and digital salaries continue to steady out but remain strong for key skillsets such as cybersecurity and AI, according to the latest salary guide report from recruitment sector company Talent.

RECRUITMENT FEATURE: Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Australian CIOs have encountered a tech candidate who had “unrealistic salary expectations” about their new role by asking for a salary well beyond what may be considered reasonable, according to a newly released salary guide by recruitment firm Robert Half.

Seventy three percent of Australian CIOs plan to extend salary increases to their tech employees in 2021, according to a new salary guide from one recruiting firm.